🌱 Laptops For All Students + Drug House With Ill-Treated Dogs

Rise and shine, Merrick! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

Six people were arrested and three dogs saved when police raided a New Cassel house. A Merrick rabbi said goodbye after four decades of service. Nassau wants to bring booster shots to you, and get more workers trained to meet labor shortages.

First, today's weather:

A touch of afternoon rain. High: 59 Low: 56.

Here are the top stories in Merrick today:

1. Long Island Press checks out The Book Fairies, a Freeport-based nonprofit that just celebrated 3 million books donated with the Long Island Nets. (Long Island Press)
2. ABC News looks at how Nassau County is starting a new campaign to encourage booster shots. Weekly clinics and pop-up events will offer either Moderna or Johnson & Johnson boosters. 95 percent of adults in Nassau County have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. (WABC-TV)
3. Andrew Garcia at the Herald reports that Rabbi Charles A. Klein gave his last service at Merrick Jewish Centre. He has been the rabbi there since 1978. (LI Herald)
4. More students at Bellmore-Merrick Central High School will get school-issued Chromebooks. All students from grade seven through 12 will now get laptops after additional funding. (LI Herald)
5. CBS New York has a story on Nassau County's efforts to train more workers for industries affected by the labor shortage. Hempstead Town and Nassau Community College is getting $10 million in federal COVID-19 recovery funds to use for job training programs. (CBS New York)
6. Alex Costello has the details on six people arrested at a house in New Cassel on Wednesday. Police found an assault rifle, crack, cocaine, sedatives, opiates, ecstasy, cash and multiple pieces of drug paraphernalia. Three pit bulls were living outside in "inhumane conditions." (Patch)

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Today in Merrick:

• Halloween Parades, North Merrick UFSD, 8:45 a.m.
• Harold D. Fayette Fall Dance, North Merrick UFSD, 6:30 p.m.
• Belle Sylvester Recital Series presents the QueensSound Ensemble, Freeport Memorial Library, 7 p.m.

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